An outbreak in the Los Angeles area of Southern California has now spread to Santa Barbara County and health officials say most were unvaccinated. The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department is investigating exposures to a confirmed measles patient. The one confirmed case in Santa Barbara County is linked to the measles outbreak in Los Angeles that currently involves 11 patients. Of the 12 measles cases now involved in the Los Angeles outbreak, only one has provided documentation of vaccination. The exposures in Santa Barbara occurred at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital on Tuesday, December 27th between 7:24 p.m. and 10:16 p.m. There were no other exposures. All exposed healthcare workers, patients, and visitors have already been contacted and appropriate measures are being taken to protect their health and the community. Cottage Health was able to quickly verify that all exposed healthcare workers were fully vaccinated against the measles virus. “Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that spreads from person to person through coughing or sneezing,” said Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer for Los Angeles County.
“To protect individual health and to prevent the spread of measles to others, we urge residents who are not immunized to get the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine as soon as possible. Two doses of MMR vaccine is highly effective in preventing measles and is the best way to protect against disease.” Measles can spread quickly to those who are not immune. Common signs and symptoms include fever, runny nose, cough, and a rash all over the body. In some persons, measles can cause serious illness such as pneumonia, encephalitis, or even death. The incubation period for developing measles is up to 21 days after exposure to someone else who has the disease. Measles is a serious disease and can cause encephalitis, pneumonia, and even death. The outcomes are particularly serious for young children, pregnant women, and those with weakened immune systems. In the decade before 1963 when a vaccine became available, it is estimated three to four million people in the United States were infected annually.
Each year an estimated 400 to 500 people died, 48,000 were hospitalized, and 4,000 suffered encephalitis (swelling of the brain) from measles. Individuals who are unsure of their vaccination status should check with their doctor to determine if they need to receive the vaccine. If you are ill, you should first contact your doctor by phone before going to their office so measures can be taken to prevent possible spread to others. 5 Vaccine preventable diseases in the US: Then and now Measles: Disneyland outbreak caused by poor vaccine compliance; Quebec total now 139 Vaccines Are Undervalued And Underappreciated And Who Is To Blame?More Information about Cellular Health Research Scientific Publications by Dr Rath Scientific Publications by Dr Niedzwiecki Clinical Studies & Research Archive Dr Rath Research Institute The following is a list of important Clinical Studies that document the paramount importance of micronutrients and nutrition in maintaining optimum health.
Together with our Cellular Health and WHO Documents pages, it will be hard for you to find a more comprehensive "library" on the health benefits of vitamins, micronutrients and nutrition in the battle against today's most common diseases of the industrialized and the developing world. In documenting these studies and reports we have taken great care to include studies from the earliest years possible. to document that an abundance of knowledge and scientific data on natural health has been available for 50, 60, 70 even 80 years. It is no coincidence that this knowledge was ignored, hidden andAll this happened in the interest and on behalf of a growing influence of the pharmaceutical investment "businessThis influence reached out to the medical schools, media and politicians worldwide. Imagine, if this natural health information had not have been suppressed by the "business with disease" for decades. How many lives could have been saved?
Don't you think it is time for change? We encourage you to use the following health information whether you are a patient, health professional or politician, whether you are living in an industrialized country or in a developing country. Most importantly, his groundbreaking discoveries in the field of medicine will improve the health and life of all people for generations to come. A Specific Combination Of Ascorbic Acid, Lysine, Proline And Epigallocatechin Gallate Inhibits Proliferation And Extracellular Matrix Invasion Of Various Human Cancer Cell Lines Shrirang P Netke, M Waheed Roomi, Vadim Ivanov, Aleksandra Niedzwiecki* and Matthias Rath Matthias Rath, Inc., Research and Development, Santa Clara, CA 95054 Detection and Quantification of Lipoprotein (a) in the Arterial Wall of 107 Coronary Bypass Patients Matthias Rath, M.D., Axel Niendorf, Tjark Reblin, Manfred Dietel, Hans Joachim Krebber, and Ulrike Beisiegel ARTERIOSCLEROSIS Vol 9 No 5, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1989
Morphological detection and quantification of lipoprotein(a) deposition in atheromatous lesions of human aorta and coronary arteries Axel Niendorf, Matthias Rath, Katrin Wolf, Susanne Peters, Hartmut Arps, Ulrike Beisiegel, and Manfred Dietel Virchows Archives of Pathological Anatomy, 1990, Number 417, Pages 105-111 Lipoprotein (a) in the arterial wall U. Beisiegel, A. Niendorf, K. Wolf, T. Reblin and M. Rath EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (1990) 11 (SUPPL. E), 174-183 Antiatherosclerotic effect of probucol in WHHL rabbits: are there plasma parameters to evaluate this effect? B. Finckh¹, A. Niendorf², M. Rath¹, and U. Beisiegel¹ EUR J CLIN PHARMACOL (1991) 40 [SUPPL 1]: S 77 - S 80 Lipoprotein (a) is a surrogate for ascorbate Matthias Rath M.D. and Linus Pauling Ph.D. PROCCEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES USA 1990, 87, 6204-6207 Immunological evidence for the accumulation of lipoprotein(a) in the atherosclerotic lesion of the hypoascorbemic guinea pig
Solution to the Puzzle of Human Cardiovascular Disease: Its Primary Cause is Ascorbate defiency, leading to the deposition of lipoprotein(a) and fibrinogen / fibrin in the vascular wall Apoprotein (a) is an Adhesive Protein Unified Theory of Human Cardiovascular Disease Leading the Way to the Abolition of this Disease as a Cause for Human Mortality Plasmin-Induced Proteolysis and the Role of Apoprotein(a), Lysine, and Synthetic Lysine Analogs Solution to the Puzzle of Human Evolution Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, August 1992 Lipoprotein(a) Reduction by Ascorbate Reducing the Risk for Cardiovascular Disease with Nutritional Supplements A New Era in Medicine Puzzle of Human Evolution Solved PRESS RELEASE, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine (November 1992) Cytotxic Effect of Lipophlic Substitution at 2-, 6-, and 2,6-Positions in Ascorbic Acid and Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Hep G2 Cells, Melanoma Cells and Norman Human Dermal Fibroblast.
M.W. Roomi, S. Netke, V. Ivanov, A. Niedzwiecki and M. Rath J. Am. Coll. Nutr. Inhibitory effects of ascorbic acid, proline and lysine supplementation on Matrigel invasion by human breast cancer cells, MDA-MB231. S Netke, Ph.D., V Ivanov , MD. Ph.D., W. Roomi, Ph. D., A Niedzwiecki, Ph. D., Matthias Rath, M.D. Presented at: 19th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, February 27 – March 3, 2002. Published in: Conference Proceedings Cellular Medicine Research Breakthroughs in the Control of Diseases: Report on Scientific Research Presented at: 21st Century Medical Advances in the Treatment of Cancer and Aging, Miami , Fl, March 22-24, 2003; Nutritional supplement program halts progression of early coronary atherosclerosis. Controversies in Cardiovascular Nutrition, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, May 4, 2002 Metastatic and Cytotoxic Effects of Ascorbigen and iso-Ascorbigen in Human Cancer Cell Lines.
M.W. Roomi, A. Bogale, V. Ivanov, S. Netke, A. Niedzwiecki and M. Rath, J. Am. Coll. Nut. Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Inhibition and Invasion Potential in Human Chondrocytes by a natural anti-cancer formula - a Specific Mixture of Nutrients Containing Lysine, Proline, Ascorbic Acid and Epigallocatechin Gallate. M.W. Roomi, S.P. Netke, V. Ivanov, M. Rath and A. Niedzwiecki Presented at: American Association of Cancer Research Special Conference in Cancer Research: Proteases, Extracellular Matrix and Cancer, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Oct 9-13, 2002. A Natural Anti-Cancer Formula - A Specific Formulation of Nutrients Containing Lysine,Proline, Ascorbic Acid, and Epigallocatechin Gallate Inhibits Matrix Metalloproteinases Activity and Invasion Potential of Human Cancer Cell Lines. Presented at: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), AACR and NCI Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, Frankfurt, Germany, Nov 19-22, 2002;
Published in: European Cancer Journal, 38, Suppl.7/Abs.280, 2002 Antitumorigenic Activity of a Natural Anti-Cancer Formula in Human Breast Cancer Lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7. Roomi, M.W., Ivanov, V., Rath, M. and Niedzwiecki, A. Presented at: The 8th Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Disease, Amelia Island, FL, February 13-16, 2003; A randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study documents the benefits of a vitamin program as an adjunct therapy in patients with paraxysmal atrial arrhytmia. Matthias Rath M.D. and Aleksandra Niedzwiecki Ph.D. 14th Madrid Arrhytmia Meeting, Madrid, Spain, February 27-28, 2003 A novel in vitro bioassay for screening matrix metalloproteinases activity in human cancer cell lines M Waheed Roomi, Shirang P Netke, Vadim Ivanov, Matthias Rath and Aleksandra Niedzwiecki Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research 44:4559(2003) Inhibitory Effect of a Natural Anti-Cancer Formula - A Specific Formulation of Nutrients Containing Lysine, Proline, Ascorbic Acid and Epigallocatechin Gallate on the Matrix Metalloproteinases Activities and Invasion of Human Fibrosarcoma HT-1080 Cells